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Social Justice

News Outlets Show Significant Bias in Favor of Same-Sex Marriage

The public is in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage, but not by a margin of five to one, which is how a new Pew study weighs coverage during Supreme Court hearings for two landmark cases.

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Social Justice

Sarah Gets Her Lung

It's unclear what it means for the future, but the 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl is set to receive a lung transplant today.

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Social Justice

Sarah Versus the Data

When a child is deemed suitable for an adult organ transplant, why are they put at the end of the donation line?

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Social Justice

Are Babies Healthier in North Korea or Northeast Ohio?

Depending on the neighborhood, maybe North Korea.

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Environment

The Deluge Continues

Innovative drilling techniques, as explored in our March/April print issue, are remaking the geopolitical map in unpredictable ways.

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Economics

Some Stuff You May Have Missed This Week

The crazy lengths—fraud, hacking—some go to generate positive academic peer reviews The drug-running tunnel capital of the Southwest…

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Economics

Can a Test Tell If You’re a Good Entrepreneur?

How psychometrics are helping loan officers weed out the bad risks from the good.

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Economics

Fiscal Cliff Round-Up

John Dickerson has a fine piece up at Slate that separates the signal from the noise on the…

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